Sheet-register.



G. J. SINNOTT.

SHEET REGISTER. APPLICATION men MAR. 4. 1916.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

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GILBERT J. SINNOTT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW Y PRESS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.

SHEET-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. so, rare.

Application filed March 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT J. SINNOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Sheet-Register, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to a sheet register and more particularly to aregister adaptable to either right-hand or left-hand operation.

It is the general object of my invention to provide a sheet register ofsuch construction that the change from; right-hand to left-handoperation or vice versa may be made with the least possible adjustmentor manipulation of the mechanism.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction in which thesheet gage may be quickly and accurately adjusted relative to the otherparts of the mechanism in order to obtain close final positioning of thesheet.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a construction inwhich all necessary adjustment or manipulation of the mechanism may beperformed while the press is in continuous operation.

With these and other objects in view, the features of my inventionrelate to certain arrangements and combinations of parts which will behereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

A preferred form of my invention ,is s iown in the drawings in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved sheet register; Fig. 2 is aview similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in a different position;Fig. 3 is a partial top plan view of the register. with certain partsomitted for the sake of clearness; Fig. i is a right-hand sideelevation, partly in section, taken along the line 4% in Fig. 1; Fig. 5is a rear elevation, looking in the direction of the arrow 5 in Fig. 4;Fig. 6 is a detail sectional elevation of certain parts, taken along theline 6-6 in Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a partial frontelevation of one of theparts shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the upper sheetengaging element, and Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the same element.looking in the direction of the arrow 9 in Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, 1 have shown the shaft being positionedparallel to the plane of the table but spaced vertically therefrom.

My improved sheet register comprises three principal parts ;a fixedmember 13 (Fig. 4), a movable member 14, and a base or gage block 15.The member 13 is adjustable along the cross shaft 12 and may be securedin fixed position thereon by a binding screw 16 (Fig. 1). The base orgage block 15 is adjustably secured to the lower portion of the member13 and is provided with an upwardly extending threaded portion 15 (Fig.5) through which extends an adjusting screw 17.

The screw 17 extends freely through openings 18 formed in lugs 13extending rearwardly from the fixed member 13. At its ends the screw 17is provided with knurled heads 19 which engage the outer faces of thelugs 13 and prevent longitudinal movement of the screw 17 relativelythereto. The base 15 can thus be moved toward or away from the edge ofthe sheet S by means of the screw 17 to secure close final adjustment ofthe sheet.

The fixed member 13 isprovided with lugs 13 (Fig. 4. extending downwardthrough slots 20 formed in the opposite edges of the base 15. These lugsserve to preserve the alinement of the base during its transverseadjustment. Aplate 21 (Figs. 4: and 5) is secured to the lower faces ofthe lugs 13 and prevents displacement of the base 15. At its forward endthe base 15 is'enlarged and extends laterally upon each side beyond thefixed member 18, the outer edges 22-22 (Fig. 1) of the base constitutingside gages against which the sheets are registered. A. transverse groove23 (Figs. 3

and at )extends through the front portion of the base 15, within whichgroove the sheetengaging elements, hereinafter described, are slidable.The base 15 is also provided with lateral extensions 2% (Figs. 3 and 4),said extensions being of less thickness than the depth of the recess 1].in the table 10 and being disposed in said recess. The

edges of the member .upper faces of the extensions are thus broughtslightly below the surface of the.

table 10 and are preferably inclined slightly to the rear (Fig. 4) toprevent possible interference with the movement of the sheet S. thefront side of said extensions.

The movable member 14 (Fig. 4) is adjustably secured to an operatingshaft 30 by a binding screw 31, said shaft being slidable in bearings,not shown, in the side frames of the machine and extending above andparallel to the fixed cross shaft 12. Longitudinal movement of the shaft30 in either direction may be secured in any convenient manner, themeans for producing such transverse movement forming no part of myinvention. The member 14 is provided with an offset the lower end ofwhich is secured the lower sheet-engaging element 32 (Figs. 6 and 7).The element 32 comprises a long narrow strip of metal extending for aconsiderable distance on each side of the member 14 and slidable in thegroove 23 of the base 15. Reference to Figs. 4 and 5 will show that thestrip 32 is disposed below the surface of the table 10, the sheet Sbeing free to slide thereover.

An upper sheet-engaging element 33 (Figs. 8 and 9) is slidablevertically upon the part 14 of the movable member, said element beingprovided with a grooved or recessed portion 34 by which it is guidedthereon. These parts are retained in position by a shouldered stud 35(Fig. 6) secured in the element 33 and extending through a vertical slot36 (Fig. 7) formed in the part 14 The element 33 is also provided withtwo downwardly-extending sheet-engaging portions or fingers 33 (Fig. 8)and with a cam roll 37 (Fig. 6) mounted upon the rear 38 (Fig. 4) forcesthe element yieldingly downwardly, the tension of the spring beingadjustable by means of a thumb screw 39.

I will now describe the means for moving the upper sheet-engagingelement 33 relatively to the lower element 32 during the movement of theshaft 30 and the movable member 14 transversely of the sheet S.

A'cam plate 40 (Figs. 2 and 3) is movably' side of the fixed memrecessedto engage the 13and is guided thereby for vertical movement. Studs 41fixed .in the member 13 and extending through slots 42 in the plate 40retain the parts in operative relation, and permit free verticalmovement of the plate 40. Oppositelydisposed cam lugs 43 and 44 (Fig. 2)extend forwardly from the cam plate 40 into position for engagement bythe cam roll 37 mounted on the front ber 13. The plate is mounted on theupper sheet-engaging ele-- The groove 23 forms a recess along dependingpart 14 to face thereof. A coil spring ment 33. The normal position ofthe parts is shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the movable member 14 andthe sheet-engaging ele ment 33 being in mid-position relatively to thefixed member 13 and the gage block or base 15. The cam roll 37 is thenmid-way between the cam lugs 43 and 44. Assuming that the operatingshaft 30 is moved in the direction of the arrow A in Fig. 1, the camroll 37 Will engage the cam lug 44 and will follow the path indicated bythe broken line B in Fig. 1, the sheet-engaging element 33 being therebyraised and the fingers 33 eing separated from the lower sheetengagingelement 32 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. As the movable parts ap-'proach their limit of travel to the left, the roll 37 will pass beyondthe outer edge of the cam lug 44 and the element 33 will move downwardas indicated by the arrow 0 (Fig. 1) to the position shown in full linesin Fig. 2, the left-hand finger 33 engaging the sheet S and gripping thesame against the lower sheet-engaging element 32. The sheet S ispreviously brought to the position shown in Fig. 1, as indicated by thearrow D in Fig. 4, such movement of the sheet being limited by stops,notshown, of any usual form. As the parts assume the position shown inFig. 2 the movement of the shaft 30 is reversed and the parts thereaftermove in the direction of the arroWsE in Fig. 2, thus drawing the edge ofthe sheet S against the edge 22 of the gage block or base 15. Duringthis latter movement the cam roll 37 engages the under-side of the camlug 44., thus raisingthe cam plate and passing beneath the lug to theoriginal position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. It will be understoodthat the sheet-engaging ele ment 33 slides relatively to the sheet Safter the sheet engages the edge 22 of the gage block. If it is desiredto register the sheets against the right-hand edge 'of the gage block 15instead of the left-hand edge it is merely necessary to reverse themovement of the shaft 30, the cam roll 37 then cooperating with the cam,lug 43 in exactly the manner just described. It should be noted thatabsolutely no adjustment or manipulation of parts is necessary to adaptthe register for; either right-hand or-left-hand registration. It willalso be evident that. slight adjustments of the gage block 15 may bemade by means of the adjusting screw 17 without disturbing the operativerelation of the members 13 and 14 or the parts of the mechanism carriedthereby. F urthermore such adjustment may be made during the continuedoperation of the sheet register. I 7

'Having thus described my invention it will be evident that changes andmodifica tions can be made therein by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope thereof as set forth in the claimsand I do not wish to be otherwise limited to the details hereindisclosed, but

Vhat I claim is 1. In a sheet register, in combination, upper and lowersheet-engaging elements, means to move said elements simultaneouslytransversely of the sheet, and means to raise the upper element as itmoves from normal position in either direction, said element beingpermitted to engage the lower element or the sheet overlying the samebefore the beginning of the return movement of said elements to normalposition.

2..A sheet register having, in combina tion, a fixed member, a movablemember, means for moving said latter member transversely of the sheet,said movable member having upper and lower sheet-engaging elementsmounted thereon and means being provided for raising said'upper elementas it is moved in either direction from normal position, said meansreleasing said element to engage the sheet before the return movement ofsaid element begins.

3. A sheet register having, in combination, a fixed member, a baseadjnstably secured to said fixed member and forming a side gage for thesheet, a movable member, means for moving said latter membertransversely of the sheet, upper and lower sheet engaging elementsmounted on said movable member, and means for raising the upper elementas it is moved in either direction from normal position, said elementbeing released to engage the sheet before-the return movement of saidelement begins, whereby the sheet may be registered against either edgeof the adjustable base.

i. A sheet register having, in combination, a double-edged gage, amovable sheet-engaging element normally positioned centrally of saidgage, means for moving said element relatively to said gage andtransversely of the sheet, and means to raise said element as it ismoved from normal position in either direction, said element beingreleased to engage the sheet as it approaches its outer limit of traveland remaining in engaging position during its return movement to normalposition. 7

A sheet register having, in combination, a fixed member, a double-edgedgage, means to adjust said gage relatively to said member in eitherdirection, a movable member, a sheet-engaging element mounted on saidmovable member, means to reciprocate said member and element, and meanscooperatscrew rotatably mounted in said fixed memher for adjusting saidgage relatively to said member in either direction, a movablesheet-engaging element normally positioned centrally of said gage, meansfor moving said element relatively to said gage and transversely of thesheet in either direction, and means to raise said element as it ismoved from normal position in either direction, said element engagingthe sheet on its return stroke from either direction and alining thesheet against one edge of said gage.

7. A sheet register having, in combination, a fixed member, a movablemember, means for moving said latter member transversely of the sheet,said movable member having upper and lower sheet-engaging elementsmounted thereon and means being provided for raising said upper elementas it is moved in either direction from normal position, said meanscomprising a double cam plate slidable vertically on said fixed memberand a cam engaging device on said upper element, said cam plate anddevice being effective to raise said upper element as it is moved fromnormal position in either direction and being inoperative as saidelement returns to normal position.

8. A sheet register comprising a table having a depressed portion, amember fixed in position above said table, a base adjustably secured tosaid fixed member and having a grooved portion positioned in thedepression of said table and lying below the plane of said table, amember mounted for movement. relatively to said base and said fixedmember and transversely of the sheet, a thin lower sheet-engaging stripfixed to said. movable member and disposed in the groove 01 said base,an upper sheet-engaging element movable transversely with said strip andmeans to raise said upper element from said strip as the sheet-engagingelements are moved from normal position in either direction.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GILBERT J. SINNOTT.

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